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(Click [http://graphics.fansonly.com/schools/kan/multimedia/rock-chalk-chant.mp3 here] to listen to the chant.) |
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== References == |
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Hersey, Mark D. [http://www.kuhistory.com/proto/story.asp?id=85 "A Swell Yell,"] This Week in KU History. Accessed [[September 11]], [[2007]]. |
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Revision as of 03:58, 12 September 2007
The chant, "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" (a.k.a. the Rock Chalk Chant) is used at all University of Kansas Jayhawks sporting events and is well known throughout the nation by sports fans, particularly those who have attended a basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse and heard it loudly chanted.
The story of its origin most often told is that it was written by a Kansas chemistry professor, E.H.S. Bailey, and the University Science Club in 1886.
Its lyrics are a refrain of "Rock chalk... Jay-Hawk... KU," repeated twice slowly, and then three times quickly. It is usually preceded by the Kansas Alma Mater "Crimson and the Blue", and followed by the fight song, "I'm A Jayhawk".
It's also sung at the end of basketball games in Allen Fieldhouse if KU is winning by a significant amount and the other team has no hope of a comeback.
(Click here to listen to the chant.)
References
Hersey, Mark D. "A Swell Yell," This Week in KU History. Accessed September 11, 2007.
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